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Terrorism / Israel / US / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

FM Liberman: NY Jury Decision 'Moral Victory for Israel and Terror Victims'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's Foreign Minister hails NY court decision for Israeli victims of terror against Palestinian Arab terrorists.

US / The Courts / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia

Al Qaeda Terrorist Accuses Saudi Prince of Funding 9/11

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The problem with liars is that you never know when they are telling the truth.

Israel / The Courts / News Briefs / Intifada

Israel Rules 'Throwing Rocks a Right of Resistance' is not Incitement

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

And what would the State Prosecutor say if The Jewish Press wrote "settlers have a right to hurl rocks at Arabs?"

Israel / The Courts / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Israeli Officials Out of the Country to Cast Election Ballots on Purim [election]

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

An Israeli Supreme Court judge rejected on Tuesday an appeal by women to allow Israeli officials outside of the country to cast their votes in the Knesset elections in March on a day other than Purim. Justice Salim Jourban ruled that the Knesset knew the law, or should have known the law, that sets the […]

Terrorism / The Courts / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Court Bars Tearing Down Terrorist’s Home because He Failed to Kill Glick

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The man who gunned down Yehuda Glick can thank his victim for living and keeping the attacker’s home intact.

US / Hamas / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

US 'Deeply Troubled' Palestinians Join Intl Criminal Court, 21 Intl Treaties

By Jewish Press Staff

The US says it is "deeply troubled" by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas signing the Rome Statute to join ICC.

The Courts / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Court Rejects Yehuda Glick’s Appeal to Visit Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Since Glick’s appearance would arouse Muslim anger, it is Glick and not the rioters who are kept off the holy site.

US / The Courts / News Briefs

Ferguson Officer Who Shot Michael Brown Resigns

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson has resigned from the police force.

Jewish / US / The Courts / News Briefs

Heart Surgery for US Supreme Ct Justice Ginsburg

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

U.S. Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg had heart surgery on Wednesday, Nov. 26.

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / The Courts / News Briefs / Judaism

Shocked Beit Din Tells Philandering Kabbalist to Quit, Following Audio Tape

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Beit Din was shocked when an audio tape exposed how a well-known Kabbalist convinced at least one married woman to have an affair with him.

Israel / US / The Courts / News Briefs

US High Court Hears Whether US Passport Can Say Jerusalem, Israel

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Zivotofsky should have Israel on his passport and the Executive branch should retain authority over foreign policy. Here's how:

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / Gaza / Hamas / Government / The Courts / Elections / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

The US-Israel Crisis Created by Obama

By Rachel Levy

Columnist quotes Obama aide insulting Netanyahu, citing "crisis" in US-Israel relations.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Hamas / The Courts / News Briefs / Islamists

Arab Bank Found Liable for Hamas Terror Funding

By Jewish Press News Desk

After 2 days of deliberation by a jury, following a 5 week trial, and 10 years of legal battles, Jordan's Arab Bank has been found guilty of helping Hamas financially.

The Courts / News Briefs / Obituaries / Israeli Arabs

Abdel Rahman Zuabi (82)

By Jewish Press News Desk

Abdel Rahman Zuabi (Zoabi), the first Israeli-Arab to be appointed as a Supreme Court Justice, died on Sunday at age 82.

Terrorism / Israel / The Courts / News Briefs

Court Rejects Shalit Terrorists' Appeal

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal submitted by six terrorists release in the Gilad Shalit deal. The state is asking for legal sanction to re-arrest the killers and to jail them for the rest of their sentences. Chief Justice Asher Grunis said the appeal would be correctly submitted to the Haifa District Court, but did […]

Terrorism / Israel / Hamas / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Islamists

Justice Ministry: No Problem Force-Feeding Inmates

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Labor MK Cabel: 'Don't care' whether strikers die, but could cause 'hasbara' problem

Israel / Jewish / The Courts / News Briefs

Legal Dilemma: A Mamzer or a Pauper

By Shalom Bear

A Tel Aviv family court was forced to choose: would the child become listed as a Mamzer or would the child grow up financially unsupported and not know who his real father is?

Israel / The Courts / News Briefs

Olmert's Request to Fly Overseas Denied

By Jewish Press News Desk

A judge denied a request by Ehud Olmert, to fly overseas for a business meeting.

US / The Courts / News Briefs / Religion

Religious Groups Move to Protect Prisoner Rights

By JTA

Kosher meals for prisoners cost nearly four times the cost of non-kosher meals; appeal also covers prisoner beard length

Israel / US / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs

IRS Political Discrimination Suit by Pro-Israel Group OKed by Court

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A federal judge instructed the IRS to respond to Z STREET's claim of political discrimination.

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / The Courts / News Briefs

Israel Preparing to take the Palestinian Authority to the Hague

By Shalom Bear

Israel is preparing dozens of claims against senior officials of the Palestinian Authority for participating in terror attacks.

Terrorism / The Courts / News Briefs

US Court: Iranian Relics Not Restitution Source for Terror Victims

By JTA

antiquities loaned to museum could not be seized for victims’ families because owners unknown

Haredim & Hassidim / Global / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs

Canadian Judge Orders Law Enforcement to Apprehend Lev Tahor Children

By JTA

A Canadian judge has ordered child protection officials to use law enforcement agencies to apprehend 14 children in the haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor after most of them fled the country. On Wednesday, the judge was supposed to hear an appeal of an earlier ruling to seize the children and return them to Quebec to […]

US / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Convictions Upheld of Muslim Students Who Harrassed Oren at Irvine

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Free speech rights of UC Irvine Muslim students did not trump Amb. Michael Oren's right to speak.

Jewish / US / The Courts / News Briefs

LA Jewish Cemetery Settles Class-Action Suit for $80.5 Million

By JTA

A Los Angeles Jewish cemetery accused of dumping remains to make room for new interments has settled a 25,000-person class action lawsuit. Eden Memorial Park in Missions Hills, Calif., agreed to a settlement worth about $80.5 million, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal reported, citing documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 27. The […]

Jewish / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Media

Charges Dropped against Australian Rabbi in Abuse Case

By JTA

A senior Chabad rabbi in Australia who was accused of raping a student inside a synagogue in the 1970s will not be charged. Detectives in Melbourne confirmed Friday that they have closed an investigation into Rabbi Avrohom Glick, who was then deputy principal of Yeshivah College in Melbourne. Rabbi Glick, 67, vehemently denied allegations that […]

Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Science and Tech / Local

Historic Jerusalem Child Abuse Conference

By Yonatan Schechter

Professionals and lay leaders from around the world will gather in Jerusalem for a historic 3-day conference on child abuse.

US / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / Settlements

FOIA Request: Did IRS Maliciously Audit Pro-Israel Organization?

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Did the IRS maliciously audit a pro-Israel non-profit because it supported Jews beyond the Green Line?

Middle East / Levant / Politics / Global / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs

Australian Book: Prisoner X Leaked Information to Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

Journalist Rafael Epstein claims Zygier revealed intelligence about operations he had been involved in to an Iranian businessman.

Haredim & Hassidim / NY / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto Ordered NYPD Detective to Arrest Aide’s Rival

By Joe Levin

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto allegedly ordered a New York City police officer to arrest his top aide’s business rival.

Terrorism / US / The Courts / News Briefs

Tsarnaev's Trial for Boston Marathon Bombing Begins Nov 3

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The trial of Dzokhar Tsarnaev will begin on Nov. 3, 2014, the federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

US / The Courts / News Briefs / Media

Woody Allen, Dylan Farrow in Public Battle over Abuse Accusations

By JTA

Allen said he will not address the accusations again.

Jewish / US / The Courts / News Briefs

Sharansky to Congress: Keep Up Awareness of Political Prisoners

By JTA

Natan Sharansky joined the parents and spouses of political prisoners in asking the U.S. Congress to speak of their loved ones during meetings with foreign officials. Sharansky, imprisoned by the Soviets for nine years because of his activism on behalf of Soviet Jews, recalled at a hearing Thursday that his jailers told him, “You are […]

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

Tasered Settler Boaz Albert to Return Home

By Jewish Press News Desk

Even after suffering shocks from a Taser gun, he refused to sign on the administrative order.

Terrorism / US / The Courts / News Briefs

Sentencing Tuesday for Suburban Honor Student Turned Teen Terrorist

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Defense lawyer claims teen terrorist should have been sent to a juvenile facility where he would have received treatment for a "compulsive interest in radical Islam."

US / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs

When Knockout Victim Is Black, Attacker Charged with Hate Crime

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A law school textbook classic example of a hate crime. In this Texas case, it was a white man "playing" the Knockout "Game" on a black victim.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Religion / Tzedek-Tzedek

Beit Shemesh Victorious!

By David Morris

Court says the democratic process had been undermined.

Israel / The Courts / News Briefs / Turkey

Turkish Court Rejects Claim Against Israel for Mavi Marmara

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

On Wednesday, Dec. 25, a Turkish court rejected a claim for compensation from the state of Israel by the relatives of a man who died during the battle between Israeli soldiers and anti-Israel protesters who were attempting to breach the internationally-recognized legal blockade of Gaza. The family of Furkan Doğan, one of nine who died […]

The Courts / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust / Assimilation

German Jewish Family Fighting 22 Years to Reclaim Its Land

By Jewish Press News Desk

German-American non-Jewish attorney Peter Sonnenthal and his family, which has Jewish roots (his grandmother was Jewish and perished in Auschwitz) have been fighting for more than two decades to reclaim lucrative properties stolen from them under the Nazi regime, Spiegel reported, adding that Sonnenthal continues to face legal hurdles in trying to restore this legacy. […]

Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Religion / Judaism

Authority, Shmothority, Is Hebrew National Meat Kosher?

By Jewish Press Staff

One judge wondered how meat could be considered kosher, if the employees of the kosher slaughtering firm "just passed on the cows."

The Courts / News Briefs / Russia

Russian Court Orders Jewish Teacher’s Early Release

By JTA

A Russian court ordered the early release of a Jewish teacher whose bribery trial was marred by anti-Semitic statements and whose lengthy prison sentence was criticized by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Tver Regional Court last week reduced Ilya Farber’s sentence from seven years to three for accepting bribes and abusing his position while working […]

Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Judaism

Israeli Mother Going to Supreme Court over Son’s Circumcision

By JTA

A mother in Israel has appealed to the country’s Supreme Court a rabbinical court ruling requiring her to circumcise her son. In her appeal filed Wednesday, the mother said the rabbis cannot order her to circumcise her son, who is now a year old. The Jerusalem rabbinical court last month upheld the ruling of the […]

NY / Police and Crime / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Long Island Man Arrested in 'Knockout' Attacks

By Tibbi Singer

Mitchell was arrested on Dec. 4, after he was identified by four victims.

Jewish / Global / The Courts / News Briefs

Ostreicher Released from Bolivian Prison

By JTA

Jacob Ostreicher, a New York businessman held in Bolivia since 2011, is back in the United States. Two Jewish news websites, JP Updates and Algemeiner, reported Monday that Ostreicher returned Sunday to New York, although the circumstances of his departure from Bolivia are not clear. Ostreicher, who had a flooring business in New York, invested […]

The Courts / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

German Court: Nazi War Criminal Unfit for Trial

By JTA

Accused Nazi war criminal Hans Lipschis was released from custody in Germany after being diagnosed with dementia. The arrest warrant against Lipschis, 94, was canceled Friday due to a psychiatrist’s determination that the alleged former SS guard at Auschwitz was suffering from the early stages of the illness and therefore might not sufficiently understand and […]

US / The Courts / News Briefs

Supreme Court Hears Rabbi’s Frequent Flier Case

By JTA

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of a Minnesota rabbi who claimed he was cut from an airline’s frequent flier program for earning too many miles. Oral arguments in the case of Rabbi Binyomin Ginsberg were heard on Tuesday. Ginsberg was one of Northwest Airlines’ top fliers when he was cut from […]

Haredim & Hassidim / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

New Vote for Justice, Democracy in Beit Shemesh

By David Morris

"The findings of the police investigation indicate serious criminal activity."

Haredim & Hassidim / The Courts / News Briefs

'Jewish Taliban' Ordered to Return to Quebec

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The group left Quebec for Ontario last week. They all left at once, in the middle of the night, in rented buses.

Israel / Jewish / US / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

UC Jewish Prof: Civil Rights Office Rolling Back Protection for Jews

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Office of Civil Rights seems to have rolled back the recent extension of protection from anti-Jewish discrimination on campuses.

Terrorism / US / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs

Boston Marathon Bomber Tied to 2011 Triple Murder

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed by police, is suspected of participating in a triple homicide in Waltham, Mass. on Sept. 11, 2011. This is according to a filing made by federal prosecutors in the case against Tsarnaev's brother, the surviving bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Back in 2011, three men were […]

Haredim & Hassidim / US / The Courts / News Briefs

Kolko Gets 13 Years for Sex Abuse after Judge Refuses to Scrap Plea

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yosef Kolko, 39, was sentenced late Thursday in Toms River, N.J. to close to 13 years, after the judge refused to let him take back a guilty plea to aggravated sexual assault which he had made in May, the AP reports. Kolko's victim, a 16-year-old boy who was 12 at the time the crime was […]

Haredim & Hassidim / The Courts / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / Israeli Arabs

Arab Rapist and Pedophile Accused Israel of Sex Crimes

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Anti-Israel, NIF-funded public relations hack convicted of extortion and rape of 15 yr old Haredi girl.

The Courts / News Briefs

Federal Judge Reprimands Rubashkin Attorney

By JTA

A federal judge reprimanded an attorney working on behalf of jailed former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin. In a meeting Tuesday, U.S. District Chief Judge Linda Reade told the attorney that interviews of jurors in Rubashkin’s 2009 trial on bank fraud charges cannot be used for future appeals or other court proceedings, according to The Gazette, […]

Haredim & Hassidim / NY / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs

Brooklyn DA Contender Thompson: I’ll Be Champion of the Orthodox

By Jacob Kornbluh

"The accusation that I said I’m going to target the Jewish community is an outright lie."

Jewish / NY / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs

Head of Met Council Steps Down, Apologizes for Mistakes

By Jewish Press Staff

“I pray that my family and friends and all who care about Met Council can find it in their heart to forgive me for my actions."

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs

Republicans and Democrats Ignore IRS Abuse of Pro-Israel Group

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Unless an organization has political juice, neither the Democrats or the Republicans care when a group of Americans have had their constitutional rights violated by a U.S. government agency.

US / The Courts / News Briefs / Jerusalem

'Islamic Rights in Jerusalem' Why No 'Jerusalem, Israel' Decision (VIDEO)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The D.C. applellate court declared unconstitutional the legislative effort by congress to force the US to recognize that Jerusalem is part of Israel. That they did so is not surprising, but why the Executive branch is so afraid of having Jerusalem next to Israel even just on a piece of paper should be shocking.

Terrorism / NY / Police and Crime / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Media / Islamists

France’s Soaring Antisemitism Brings Out the Jewish Defense League

By JTA

The Ligue de Defense Juive (LDJ) is doing what Rabbi Kahane did in New York City more than 40 years ago – making antisemites think twice before attacking.

Terrorism / Hamas / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Media

French Jew Convicted of Defamation in al-Dura Case

By Jewish Press News Desk

French media analyst Philippe Karsenty was been convicted of defamation by a Paris court, for accusing France-2, a state television network, of staging the infamous video depicting the alleged killing of a young Arab boy in a firefight between Arab terrorists and Israeli forces in Gaza in 2000. The footage 12 years ago became the […]

The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Media / Jerusalem / Holocaust

Hannah Arendt Opens in LA June 7 (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

A brilliant new biopic of the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist.

Israel / US / The Courts / News Briefs

IRS Punished Conservative Non-Profits, Perhaps Also Pro-Israel Groups

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

After repeatedly denying it was targeting conservative groups for unfair treatment, the IRS admitted it was treating politically conservative groups in inappropriate ways.

Israel / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs

Who Is Lying, Ayalon or Lieberman?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Former Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon testified in court Thursday against his former boss, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who is on trial for allegedly trying to win an ambassadorial post for Ze’ev Ben Aryeh, who police say tipped off Lieberman about a police probe against him in Belarus. Ayalon was head of the Foreign Ministry […]

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

Fraud Charges Pending against Conversion Reversing Rabbi

By Jewish Press Staff

Rabbi Avraham Sherman could be charged with fraud, breach of trust, obstruction of justice, and abuse of office.

Syria / Europe / News Briefs / The Courts / Police and Crime

Syrian Banned from Every Swimming Pool in Britain

By Jewish Press Staff

"Don't be angry, I touch and kiss you because I feel comfortable with you."

NY / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs

Free after Wrong Conviction for Killing Rabbi, Gets Heart Attack

By Jewish Press Staff

The trauma of being wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 23 years had ruined Ranta's health.

Israel / Jewish / The Courts / News Briefs / Religion

Police Let Women Read Megillah at Kotel on Shushan Purim

By JTA

A women’s Megillah reading at the Western Wall took place on Shushan Purim without incident or arrests on Monday, the day after most of Israel and the rest of the Jewish world celebrated Purim. Approximately 80 women turned out, some donning prayer shawls, others dressed as police and Haredi Orthodox worshipers, on Monday morning in […]

Haredim & Hassidim / US / The Courts / News Briefs

British Judge Accepts N.Y. Beth Din’s Divorce Ruling

By JTA

A British judge reportedly has accepted a U.S. rabbinical court’s ruling in a dispute between a haredi Orthodox man and his ex-wife.

NY / The Courts / News Briefs

Weberman Gets 103 Years

By JTA

Satmar counselor Nechemya Weberman was sentenced to 103 years in prison for sexual abuse of a teenage female patient over several years.

Haredim & Hassidim / US / The Courts / News Briefs / Europe

Russian Jews Back Moscow in US Feud Over Chabad Text

By JTA

Leaders of Russia’s Jewish community have criticized a U.S. federal court ruling that fined Russia for refusing to hand over ancient Chasidic texts.

Israel / The Courts / News Briefs

Court Rejects $135,000 Claim for Breach of Facebook Marriage Promise

By Jewish Press Staff

He soon realized that the plaintiff had taken advantage of him, spending the bulk of her time visiting relatives rather than with him.

US / The Courts / News Briefs

Appeals Court: Murderer Sincere Enough to Merit Kosher Food

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Lower Court said he purchased "nonkosher" food items including cookies, soft drinks, coffee, tuna, and candy.

Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Archaeology

Arabs Ignoring High Court Ruling, Dumping Artifacts off Temple Mount

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The Waqf, a Jordanian Muslim religious body entrusted with the management of the Temple Mount, has been renovating the site for years.

The Courts / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

In Groundbreaking Decision, Rabbinic Court Equates Lesbian and Heterosexual Relations

By Dovid Schwartz

After 10 years of marriage, with 2 children, the wife began an affair with her female boss.

Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset

Arab MK Zoabi Explodes After High Court Hearing on Her Disqualification

By Malkah Fleisher

Shouts and slurs erupted between Zoabi and MK Michael Ben-Ari of the new Otzma LeYisrael party and other nationalists who called her a terrorist and a traitor.

Israel / US / The Courts / News Briefs

First-Ever Extradition From US to Israel For Tax Crime

By Malkah Fleisher

For the first time, the United States has extradited to Israel a suspect wanted for tax-related offenses.

Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5773

MK Haneen Zoabi of Mavi Marmara Banned from Knesset Bid

By Malkah Fleisher

MK Haneen Zoabi has been banned from running for the 19th Knesset by the Central Elections Committee, which censured her for supporting terrorism and for denying Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state.

Israel / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs

Liberman Steps Down as FM But Indictment Postponed

By Malkah Fleisher

Yisrael Beytenu leader – and just-stepped-down Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman – is in legal limbo, with his anticipated indictment delayed at the last minute.

Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / Settlements

Netanyahu Expelling Hebron Jews from their Homes

By David Wilder

For election purposes, the expulsion was scheduled for next April, because the PM fears losing even more votes to the right.

The Courts / News Briefs / Settlements

Civil Administration Demolishes Illegal Mosque

By Jewish Press Staff

The mosque demolition followed a Regavim movement's appeal to the Supreme Court.

The Courts / News Briefs / Religion

Polish Court Rules Against Ritual Slaughter

By JTA

The court killed a Polish government allowance for Jewish and Muslim slaghtering.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / The Courts / News Briefs

Landmark Case: Israel Court Has Jurisdiction Over Suits Against Palestinian Authority

By Malkah Fleisher

The Jerusalem District Court, in a landmark decision 10 years in the making, ruled on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority can be sued in Israeli court for damages suffered by an Israeli Arab tortured and kidnapped by their security forces on suspicion of spying for Israel, according to a report by The Times of Israel.

Israel / US / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs

Sheldon Adelson's Casino Reaching Deal with Feds on Money-Laundering

By Malkah Fleisher

Federal prosecutors and pro-Israel Republican stalwart Sheldon Adelson’s casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp. may have come to an understanding on issues pertaining to money-laundering laws allegedly violated in the cases of two criminal high-rollers, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Terrorism / The Courts / News Briefs / Islamists

Bank of China Behind Murder of Yeshiva Students

By Jewish Press Staff

A $1 billion lawsuit filed in New York State court against the Bank of China alleges that it "intentionally and recklessly" provided services to terrorist groups.

The Courts / News Briefs / Religion

Court Imprisons Haredi Man for Refusing Wife a Get after He Dated another Man

By Tibbi Singer

She caught him "red-handed," and immediately filed a divorce case with the chief rabbinate, except he is refusing to divorce her.

Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset

Israel’s State Prosecutor to Appeal Olmert Acquittals

By JTA

Israel's state prosecutor will appeal the acquittals of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in two of three cases decided earlier this year.

Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs

Haredi Inmate Harassed Former President in Prison

By Jewish Press Staff

Ami Popper, a Haredi prisoner in jail for committing acts of terrorism against Arabs, was transferred from the religious-Jewish section in Maasiyahu prison for harassing prisoner Moshe Katzav, former president of Israel.

The Courts / News Briefs

Women Dominate Israeli Courts and Public Legal Sector

By Shalom Bear

In a quiet revolution, women have begun to outnumber men in the Israeli legal profession, and while, for the moment, there are still more active lawyers who are men (28,231) than women (22,670), that gap is quickly closing.

Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / Settlements

Barak Surrenders: Jewish Owners Will Move Back into their Hebron Home

By JTA

Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, has ordered authorities to allow the Jewish owners of a building in Hebron to move into it.

NY / The Courts / News Briefs

Another Holocaust Claims Conference Schemer Convicted

By Jacob Edelist

Another participant in the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany scandal has admitted her role in that $57 million scheme to approve nearly 5,000 fraudulent applications, resulting in pay-outs to applicants who did not qualify for the programs.

US / The Courts / News Briefs

U.S. Sanctions 2 Lebanese Charities with Hamas Ties

By JTA

The United States is imposing financial penalties on two Lebanese charities that raise money for Hamas.

NY / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / Media / Islamists

MTA Sneaks In Free Speech Restrictions, Bypassing Court Ruling Favoring Anti-Jihad Ad

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

These new regulations were announced on Thursday, just three days after the American Freedom Defense Initiative ads were put up with court approval.

Israel / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs

Olmert "Standing Tall" After Receiving Commuted Sentence

By Malkah Fleisher

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert told a press conference Monday that he leaves court “standing tall” after being handed a one year suspended sentence and a fine of NIS 75,300 for breaching the public trust in what has been called the “Investment Center Affair”.

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